Tampa, Florida — Charles Davis defeated 143 entries in Event 2 of the Winter Poker Open during the early morning hours of Saturday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. The $250 Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry saw a notable year-over-year attendance increase of more than 33 percent and Davis was rewarded with $9,007 and a guitar trophy for his outright win.

The event’s $20,000 guarantee was easily surpassed as a kiddie worth $30,030 was generated by the time registration closed. Davis came out on top of a tough field that included Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah, past WPO Main Event champion A.J. Kelsall and traveling pro John Holley. With 18 players left, Davis played a monster pot against Jeffrey Higgins. Both flopped a set — Higgins jacks and Davis nines — but David also had a pair of queens in his hand. A queen on the turn gave him a better set and he busted Higgins while raking in a pot worth nearly 800,000. Holding better than a third of the chips in play with 17 players left, Davis cruised to the final table and eventually to the winner’s circle.

Davis is 50 years old and resides right here in Tampa. Primarily a cash game player, he says this marked his first tournament and was in fact his first recorded cash.

Sean Hampson limped the button and Charles Davis raised the big blind. It was back on Hampson and he potted to 108,000. Davis called and the pair saw a flop of . Davis lead for pot — 216,000. Hampson re-potted for a total of 864,000. Davis announced “call” and there was a little confusion as the pair thought he was all-in. In fact, Davis had a few chips left.

The turn was the and Davis completed the formality by open-shoving for his last roughly 50,000. Hampson called.

Hampson: Davis:

River:

Davis spiked two pair to take the lead from Hampson and win the pot. Hampson was left with less than 10,000 chips and busted in second place the very next hand.

Sean Hampson

A full report on Davis’ win will be posted in the morning. In the meantime, here’s a look at the tournament’s final results:

Ryan Carter opened the button. Sean Hampson folded the small blind and Charles Davis called from the big. The flop fell . Davis checked. Carter had about 215,000 behind and he bet 65,000 of it. Davis potted.

“Alright. I’m all-in,” Carter said after a few moments.

Davis: Carter:

Turn and river:

Davis earned the pot with kings up and Carter was eliminated in third place.

Short stack Richard Horswell just got all-in on the flop with top pair. Ryan Carter called with an ace-high flush draw. The turn was a blank, but the river hit Carter’s draw. Horswell was left second best and hit the rail in sixth place for $1,502.

With a stack of 750,000, Sean Hampson now leads the final six in the $250 Pot Limit Omaha event. Most recently, Wagner Wysotchanski busted seventh and A.J. Kelsall sixth. They were preceded on the rail by Jim Hagan.

Today’s 2pm $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha tournament is down to the final nine and combined to one table. Charles Davis still owns the event with 900,000 of the just over 2,100,000 chips in play. All have locked up $676 with the tournament’s champion earning $9,007 along with a guitar trophy.

The aforementioned Jeffrey Higgins and Charles Davis butt heads shortly after the money bubble burst. On a flop, the duo got Higgins stack all in. Higgins had the best of it with a set of jacks, while Davis only had a set of nines. With a pair of queens behind, a queen on the turn was a welcomed sight for Davis. He took a stranglehold in the hand with a better set and went on to fade the river. Higgins was eliminated in 19th place while Davis raked in nearly 800,000 of the 2,145,000 chips in play with 18 players left.

Jeffrey Higgins burst the Pot Limit Omaha bubble moments ago eliminating an unknown player in 19th place. The pair got 27,000 in the pot preflop, then another roughly 50,000 in on an burn and turn. The turn fell the . Higgins lead, the unknown player shoved and Higgins called for less.

Unknown player: Higgins:

The unknown player had top set while Higgins had a few different draws to a straight.

River:

Higgins hit Broadway nabbing the pot in dramatic fashion. His all-in call was for about 88,000 and left the unknown player, who busted the very next hand, crippled.

Registration is closed and the prize pool is final in Event 2 of the Winter Poker Open, a $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament with a $20,000 guarantee. A stout field of 143 entries marked a year-over-year attendance increase of over 33 percent. The $30,030 prize pool eclipsed the $20,000 guarantee handily and pays the top 18 finishers at least $450. In addition to $9,007 in cash, the winner earns the property’s token guitar trophy.

With the 96th entry, the $20,000 guarantee in today’s $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament has officially been bested. Each additional buy-in will simply pad the prize pool and grow it further past the $20,000 figure. The number jumped, too, as it now reads over 100 total at the tables.

There’s a a strong field so far with the Event 1 leader in the clubhouse Andrew Kelsall, Seminole Hard Rock Tampa poker ambassador Wally Maddah and traveling pro John Holley all in. There’s about another two-and-a-half hours of registration and re-entry available until the desk closes at roughly 6:30pm local time.

The full prize pool and payout information will be posted when it’s made available to us.

For those interested in some four-card poker, there’s a $250 buy-in Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry tournament freshly underway in the poker room. Players are set to sit to 15,000 chips and will play 30-minute levels throughout. Registration and re-entry are available until about 6:30pm and the tournament is structured to play to its conclusion. It boasts a $20,000 guarantee and will see its champ earn one of the property’s token guitar trophies.

Here are the details:

2pm: $250 Pot Limit Omaha Re-Entry

$250 buy-in and $20,000 guaranteed

15,000 chips and 30-minute levels

Registration and unlimited re-entry available until the start of Level 9 (~6:30pm)